| 单词 | to let out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto let out to let out 1. To give egress to; to cause or allow to go out or escape by an opening, esp. through a doorway (also absol.); to set free, liberate; to release from prison or confinement. †Also intransitive (for reflexive), to get out into the open. Also figurative, to excuse, to release (from some obligation). Also, to release (the clutch of a motor vehicle). to let the cat out of the bag: see bag n. 19. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > let out outleteOE letc1000 to let out1154 void14.. loose1568 to let forth1574 vent1587 to give vent1594 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement unbindc950 to let freec1000 aletOE to let out1154 loosea1225 slakec1374 loosen1382 to let goc1384 releasec1384 unloosec1400 unlockc1410 dissolvec1420 relievec1450 unloosen?a1475 to set at liberty1509 enlargea1513 to let at large1525 to let loose1530 to turn loose?1566 enfranchise1569 to turn up1573 enfranch1581 unkennel1589 unwind1596 to cast loosec1600 disimmure1611 disimprison1611 unhamper1620 to let abroad1633 unfold1633 disencloister1652 disencage1654 discagea1657 disincarcerate1665 eliminate1745 unspherea1806 unmew1818 unbottle1821 uncage1837 unbag1854 bust1921 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > free from obligation freeeOE unbind1297 quitclaima1325 acquit1340 excuse1340 loose1340 releasec1350 assoil1366 soilc1384 dischargea1387 quita1387 relieve1416 absoil1440 deliver1440 acquittance1448 quiet1450 acquiet1453 absolve?a1475 defease1475 skill1481 relax1511 redeema1513 exoner1533 exonerate1548 solvec1550 distask1592 disgage1594 upsolve1601 disoblige1603 disengage1611 to get off1623 exclude1632 supersedea1644 to let off1814 to let out1869 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > operate clutch or gears throw1804 to put in1902 to slip (in) the clutch1904 shift1910 to let in1933 double-clutch1938 to let out1958 1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1140 (Laud) Sua ð me sculde leten ut þe king of prisun. a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 247 Wit..cleopeð warschipe forð ant makið hire durewart þe warliche loki hwam ha leote in ant ut. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 263 Þat he ssolde þe noble folc..Oout of seruage lete. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. viii. 10 He lete out of the arke a culuer. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16814 + 28 Þer-with he thirled h[is] hert, Bothe blode & water oute lett. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 348 Duc Theseus hym leet out of prisoun. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xiv. 206 Merlin..seide than to the porter, ‘Lete oute, for it is tyme’. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xlii. B That thou..let out the prysoners, & them that syt in darknesse. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 96 A Feuer in your blood, why then incision Would let her out in Sawcers. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xvii. 14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water. View more context for this quotation 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xi. i. 145 The early Morn lets out the peeping day. 1684 T. Hockin Disc. God's Decrees 215 The ripening of an impostumation to be let out and evacuated by the lance. 1692 T. Beverley Concil. Disc. Dr. Crisp's Serm. 8 Why should we keep our selves and hearers so close muffled up in this thick Atmosphere of time, and not let out more into the open Air of Eternals? c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 140 A demy Circle of open pallasadoe, yt lets you out to ye prospect of ye grounds beyond. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xii. 168 Till some wide Wound lets out their mighty Soul. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 48/1 A slight puncture will let out all the wind in the bladders. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. iii. x. 199 Letting themselves out from their large pew under the gallery. 1869 B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp 41 I ran the whole way, knowing nobody was home but Jim,—and—and—I'm out of breath—and—that lets me out. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn vi. 50 They said he [sc. the Negro] could vote, when he was at home. Well, that lets me out! 1889 Times (Weekly ed.) 20 Dec. 5/4 They might be let out on ticket-of-leave. 1889 Cent. Mag. Aug. 590/2 Wide windows that let out between fluted Corinthian pilasters upon the broad open balcony. 1922 P. G. Wodehouse Girl on Boat v. 101 But this is splendid! This lets you out. 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited ii. i. 222 Oh, that's quite different. It lets you out completely. 1958 C. Watson Coffin scarcely Used vi. 63 The driver..glanced swiftly behind him before letting out the clutch. 1973 J. Leasor Host of Extras viii. 152 I..let out the clutch and we were off. 1974 ‘E. Lathen’ Sweet & Low xiii. 129 ‘They've started casting around for motives.’ ‘That lets all of us out.’ 2. to let out of: to permit to be absent from. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] fordita800 forheedc1275 forget1297 to let out ofa1300 spele1338 to go beside ——a1382 waivec1400 remiss?a1425 to go by ——?c1450 misknowledge?a1475 misknow1483 misken1494 to go besides ——1530 to let pass1530 unregard1545 unmind1562 overlook1570 mislippen1581 suspend1581 omit1589 blanch1605 to blow off1631 disregard1641 to pass with ——1641 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654 prescind1654 nihilify1656 proscribe1680 unnotice1776 ignore1795 to close one's mind1797 cushion1818 to leave out in the cold1839 overslaugh1846 unheed1847 to write off1861 to look through ——1894 scrub1943 the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > part with or let go > from one's power or control to let loose1530 losea1715 to let out of1840 a1300 Cursor Mundi 22656 Es na man in erth wroght þat agh to lat it vte o thoght [Trin. to lete hit out of his þouȝt]. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine xi He could not let the money out of his sight. 3. †To ‘let loose’ (one's tongue) (obsolete); to give vent to (anger, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (transitive)] > wreak or give vent to anger wreakOE to let outa1250 wrechec1420 wrake1596 wreck1658 vent1697 the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > give expression to sayOE talkc1275 soundc1386 outc1390 shedc1420 utterc1445 conveya1568 discharge1586 vent1602 dicta1605 frame1608 voice1612 pass?1614 language1628 ventilate1637 to give venta1640 vend1657 clothe1671 to take out1692 to give mouth to1825 verbalize1840 to let out1853 vocalize1872 a1250 Owl & Nightingale 8 Eiþer aȝen oþer swal And let þat uvele mod ut al. 1677 I. Barrow Serm. Passion 16 Letting out their virulent and wanton tongues against him. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. v. 21 Whoever lets out this passion of hurtful and uncharitable anger against any man. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. ii. x. 142 ‘He is Mr Egerton's nephew, and,’ added Randal, ingenuously letting out his thoughts, ‘I am no relation to Mr Egerton at all.’ 1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl I. 39 [She] could not forbear letting out her wrath to me. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from restraint ungyve1531 unlock1531 unbuckle1548 unpen1561 unmanacle1582 unmuzzlec1585 unseal1589 dischain1603 unshackle1611 to let out1613 uncage1620 unfreeze1637 loosen1645 unconfine1651 unsequester1664 unbay1687 uncurb1729 unbind1735 unleash1822 disenchain1853 1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1621) 11 The wildness of war by reason of these perpetual conflicts with strangers had so let out the people of the land to unlawful riots and rapine that [etc.]. 1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant i. 131 God being good, he will let out himself unto his people. 1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 35 The letting out our love to mutable Objects doth but inlarge our hearts and make them..capable of being wounded in more places. 1809 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 173 A timid and absurd apprehension..of letting out the minds of youth upon difficult and important subjects. 5. To spread out; to slacken, spec. to increase the width of (a garment) by allowing extra material at the seams; to alter (the seams) in order to increase the width of a garment. Also Nautical (see quot. 1867). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > spread (something) out or open abredeeOE bredeOE stretcha1000 to-spreada1000 openOE spreadc1175 displayc1320 to let outc1380 to open outc1384 outspreada1400 spald?a1400 splayc1402 expand?a1475 to lay along1483 speld?a1500 skail1513 to set abroad1526 to lay abroad1530 flarec1550 bespread1557 to set out1573 dispread1590 explaina1600 expanse1600 dispack1605 splat1615 dispand1656 extend1676 flat1709 spelder1710 spreadeagle1829 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > increase dimensions of sail to let out1712 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > alter to turn upa1586 tuck1626 to let out1791 fashionize1824 to piece down1863 to make down1877 to let down1890 to take up1902 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 12 Lede þe boot into þe hey see, and late out your nettis to takyng of fishe. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 104 We immediately let our Reefs out, chas'd and got ground of her apace. 1791 F. Burney Jrnl. Dec. (1972) I. 97 Miss Cambridge said she thought I was grown fat... I assured her I had been obliged to have a Gown let out, that had been made last year. 1863 Queen Victoria Let. 22 Sept. in Dearest Mama (1968) 271 She has increased very much in size—her waist being quite broad and her clothes having all to be let out. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To let out, or shake out, a Reef, to increase the dimensions of a sail, by untying the points confining a reef in it. 1877 A. Sewell Black Beauty (c1878) xxxiii. 158 When the crupper was let out a hole or two, it all fitted well. 1888 R. Kipling Under Deodars (1889) 69 I shall say that I am going to Phelps's to get it [sc. a frock] let out. 1901 G. W. Peck Peck's Uncle Ike ii. 89 The pants ought to be let out a couple of holes on my suspenders. 1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes i. 17 Nannie would let out another tuck in Laura's ginghams and merinos. 1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xxxvi. 358 You've grown quite plump... I looked out a dress of mine... I'll let out the seams. 1974 R. Harris Double Snare viii. 54 ‘The dress is too tight...’ ‘Perhaps it could be let out.’ 6. To lend (money) at interest (? obsolete); to put out to hire; to distribute among several tenants or hirers. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > hire or rent out [verb (transitive)] let909 hirec1384 rentc1447 to let out1526 locatec1580 wage1590 to farm outa1593 hackney1608 to set out1614 ablocate1623 job1726 to hire out1776 to set off1799 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > lend (money) [verb (transitive)] > lend at interest lenda900 ockera1382 to set out1533 to lend out (or forth)1549 bank1567 to put forth1572 leta1605 to let outa1616 usure1620 fenerate1623 loan1740 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxi. f. xxx There was a certayne housohlder [sic], whych set a vyneyarde..and lett it out to husbandmen. 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Eiv A Manne that had landes..Surueyed the same and lette it out deare. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. vi. 105 They haue..let out Their Coine vpon large interest. View more context for this quotation 1668 J. Child Brief Observ. Trade 9 In Italy Money will not yield above three per cent. to be let out upon real Security. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 267 He..calls upon him that let out the Horses. 1734 J. Ward Introd. Math. (ed. 6) ii. xii. 254 What Principal or Sum of Money must be put (or Let) out to Raise a Stock of 385l. 13s. 7½d.? 1795 J. Sullivan Hist. Maine 168 The proprietors..letted out the lands for settlement. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany v. 59 A girl who let out chairs for hire. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 508 The hireling who lets himself out for service. 1886 J. R. Rees Pleasures of Book-worm i. 23 The easily accessible rooms..are let out as offices. 7. To disclose, divulge; frequently with clause as object. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) x. 114 That would be letting out my secret. 1857 C. Reade Course True Love 60 That dear old man's fault for letting out that he loves me still. 1880 E. Lynn Linton Rebel of Family II. ix. 195 She might as well let the murder out! 1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve II. 1 You'll be letting out my private affairs, and I can't stand that. 8. To strike out with (the fist, the heels, etc.). Chiefly absol. or intransitive. To strike or lash out. Hence, to give way to invective, use strong language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or use profanity curse?c1225 oathc1450 swearc1450 to swear like a lord1531 profanea1643 sink1663 rip1772 cuss1838 to let out1840 explete1902 eff1943 foul-mouth1960 the world > movement > impact > striking > strike or deliver blows [verb (intransitive)] > strike out flingc1380 bursta1450 to lash out1567 belay1598 outlash1611 slash1689 to throw out1772 to let out1840 to hit out1856 sock1856 1840 H. Cockton Life Valentine Vox xxxix. 330 A month after marriage she begins to let out in a style of which he cannot approve by any means. 1869 H. J. Byron Not such Fool as he Looks i. 8 Mur. What did he do? Mou. Well, he let out. Mur. What! his language? Mou. No, his left. 1882 Daily Tel. 24 June At length Grace let out at Garrett, again driving him to the on amongst the spectators for 4. 1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 102 The horses..playfully biting and letting out at each other. 9. To give (a horse) his head; to drive (a motor vehicle) very fast. Also absol., to ride with increased speed. Also reflexive and intransitive: to free oneself from restraint. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > allow (a horse) free motion to give (a horse) (the) head1571 to give (the) rein(s) (to)1606 to let out1849 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > ride rapidly runeOE drivec1300 scurry1580 tantivy1681 to ride triumph1761 jockey1767 tivy1842 spank1843 rocket1862 to let out1889 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > drive fast to let out1938 push1962 fang1981 1849 F. Parkman Calif. & Oregon Trail 427 Let out your horse, man; lay on your whip! 1878 C. Reade Woman-hater I. iii. 51 At the end of the song she did let out for a moment. 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham ii. 47 ‘I'm going to let her out, Pert,’ and he lifted and then dropped the reins lightly on the mare's back. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms ix Jim's horse was far and away the fastest, and he let out to head the mare off from a creek. 1938 H. G. Wells Apropos of Dolores vi. 321 I don't like these minor tracks. I can't let her [sc. his car] out. 1968 A. Marin Clash of Distant Thunder (1969) xii. 91 There is a nineteen-kilometer stretch of road..that is almost straight, and I let the Alfa out all the way. 1970 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird iv. 50 I..overtook..the lorry..and then let her right out. I did a ton up that road, and probably more. 10. intransitive. Of a meeting: To end, break up. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)] > break up (of an assembly) sunderc1225 dissolvea1535 to break up1535 disband1598 dissemblea1626 dismiss1809 separate1885 to let out1888 1888 E. Eggleston Graysons x. 114 He..would meet her at the door of the Mount Zion tent when meeting should ‘let out’. 1895 San Francisco Weekly Exam. 19 Sept. 4/2 Q. When did the cooking class let out? A. About five minutes to 3. < as lemmas |
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